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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Eucoptocnemis » Eucoptocnemis nr. rufula - Hodges#10696.89 (Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula)

Species Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula - Eucoptocnemis nr. rufula - Hodges#10696.89

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hodges#10696.1 - Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula - male

Eucoptocnemis rufula - Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Eucoptocnemis

Species nr-rufula (Eucoptocnemis nr. rufula - Hodges#10696.89)

Hodges Number

10696.89

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eucoptocnemis nr. rufula

Range

Texas (1)

Remarks

Don Lafontaine (pers., comm., 03/16/2018) advises that E. rufula is not known outside of AZ and NM. Similar examples from Texas likely represent a new undescribed species near rufula. Specimens of this taxon are currently shown shown at BOLD in BIN, BOLD:ADJ4115. - Steve Nanz, 03/18/2018

See Also

Eucoptocnemis rufula is found is found in AZ and NM.

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1: 125; plate E.31-35. (2)

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 100, 229, (3)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 1009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, 309, plate 56.41. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (5)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ADJ4115 (1)

Works Cited

1.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1 J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

4.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 August, 2013 - 12:37pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 22 January, 2023 - 10:58am

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